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Tag: sexual violence
Delhi Murder: Six Ways To Use Our Anger To Fight Violence Against Women
The grisly murder of Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawalla in the national capital has generated a lot of pain and anger. Here's what can be …
Slavery and War Are Tightly Connected – But We Had No Idea Just How Much Until We Crunched the Data
Armed conflicts today involve slavery in many different forms, from forced marriage to child soldiers.
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Defamation Trial Shows the Dangers of Fan Culture
What appears to be normal social media activity exposes a much darker reality: fan culture often leads to deeply harmful conversations shaping how people address and redress violence.
Your Body, A War Memorial
A poem on non-consensual touch within a relationship.
Sarah Everard: Why Women Shouldn’t Have to Risk Trading Their Freedom for Safety
The widespread prevalence of violence and harassment also needs to be acknowledged – and challenged – without putting the responsibility on women.
The ‘Perfect’ Town
The story of a young woman who gets caught in the crosshairs of a town for being 'imperfect'.
Bombay HC Judgement: The Question of Childhood, Intent and Sexual Abuse
Are we trying to normalise groping of women in both the private as well as the public realm?
My Predator and I Were Worshippers of the Same God
The story of how, using the ruse of 'Shiva', a man I knew as an ascetic sadhu, took all that was good in me.
What The Thunder Wants To Say To The Crime Scene
A poem about dehumanisation of rape victims, loss of identity, a prevailing history of non-justice – as seen in case after case in our country.